GCC beaten by ICC in stupid trig test!

[Scott Robert Ladd]

Robert Dewar wrote:
> In Fortran, this is an incorrect interpretation, the standard definitely
> differentiates between (a+b)+c and a+b+c. So a Fortran compiler is 
> allowed to reassociate the second expression (but it is a bad idea, and
> it is desirable to have a mode in which this freedom is not taken
> advangtage of).

 From the latest Committee Draft of Fortran 2003, section 7.8.1.3:

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The rules given in 7.2.1 specify the interpretation of a numeric
intrinsic operation. Once the interpretation has been established in
accordance with those rules, the processor may evaluate any
mathematically equivalent expression, provided that the integrity of
parentheses is not violated.

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